How a 1960s 'Dragnet' Episode Predicted the Future of Marijuana Laws
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Long before debates about marijuana legalization hit mainstream politics, the 1960s police drama Dragnet touched on the topic in a surprisingly forward-thinking way. In the episode titled The Big High, detectives Joe Friday and Bill Gannon are approached by a concerned father worried that his daughter and son-in-law are smoking marijuana—and may soon spiral into harder drugs like heroin.
But it's the son-in-law’s response that steals the scene.
When confronted, he calmly predicts a future where marijuana is legalized, taxed, and sold like liquor. He argues that the younger generation, once in power, will shift laws to match modern values, dismissing the detectives’ black-and-white view of right and wrong. He even challenges their priorities, asking why the police waste time chasing harmless pot users instead of targeting real criminals like heroin dealers.
What’s most striking is how eerily accurate his prediction turned out to be. Decades later, marijuana is legal in many parts of the U.S., regulated and taxed just as he imagined.
Dragnet, known for its strict moral tone and procedural realism, likely didn’t intend to side with the pot-smoking hippie. But in hindsight, the show captured a generational divide—and unintentionally forecasted one of the biggest cultural and legal shifts in American history.
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How a 1960s 'Dragnet' Episode Predicted the Future of Marijuana Laws
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